Home of some of the world's most extraordinary Chardonnays including the famous Montrachet, Puligny-Montrachet is the geographical middleman of the white wine villages, bordered by Meursault to the north and by Chassagne-Montrachet to the south. The vineyard of Puligny-Montrachet « Sous les Puits » has a south-easterly exposure and is situated at the top of the hill of Blagny, just above « La Garenne ", near a source, hence the name of "Sous le Puits" ("Under the Well").

Vinification & Ageing

Fermentation

Traditional in oak barrels with complete malolactic fermentation

Ageing

8 to 10 months ageing in oak barrels, 50% new

Barrels

Louis Latour cooperage, French oak, medium toasted

Wine tasting

Tasting Note

The « Sous le Puits » is pale yellow with a distinctive bouquet of brioche and almonds. Already very pleasant, it is round with a persistent finish.

Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru "Sous le Puits" 2017 - James Suckling - USA - February 2019 - 93/100This offers a fresh and lively array of citrus and melon aromas, as well as an edge of honeysuckle and hazelnut. There's a seamless and taut edge to the palate with a very bold and assertive thread of acidity. Great Puligny! Drink or hold.

The 2016 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Sous le
Puits unfurls in the glass with a youthfully reserved but attractively pure
bouquet of ripe lemons, citrus blossom and pastry cream. On the palate, the
wine is medium to full-bodied, ample and satiny with a broad attack, a crisp
but fleshy mid-palate and a pure finish. With a few years in bottle, I suspect
this will evolve into something quite exotic and gourmand. Crink 2018-2028

Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru "Sous le Puits" 2016 - James Suckling - February 2018 - 93/100Love the candied-lemon and lime aromas to this wine. Green mangoes, too.
Full-bodied, and tight with minerality. Linear and focused. A little
austere now. Subtle. Give it two or three years to come around.

This is one of the higher elevation premier crus in Puligny. In this warm vintage it has managed to give a wine that is crisp and mineral. To contrast with this, the wine also has a creamy, toasty character from the wood aging. (USA)

The citrus elements can be found on the
succulent, pliant and delicious middle weight flavors that culminate in a dry
and clean finish that is enhanced by the presence of a touch of bitter lemon
but not by the mild warmth. Note that this should drink well shortly after it's
available on the market. 89/2019+

This a big, and very nice fresh nose-full of aromas. Super texture, very
silky, really with another level of flavour concentration in the
mid-palate. It could be fresher, but it's fine in this respect. Really a
super wine... Bill Nanson (UK)

Linear and intense, this focused style
lime, pastry, spice and stony, chaly flavors. Builds to a long finish , though
this is tightly wound and locked up for now. Offers a terrific aftertaste of
citrus and stone. Best from 2019 through 2030. 300 cases made. - Bruce
Sanderson (USA)

The vineyard is high up the slope, giving
this wine that has good acidity and crispness. The acidity is light and bright,
while the texture is concentrated and mineral. It is going to develop as a fine,
ripe wine. Drink from 2018.

Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru "Sous le Puits" 2013 - Wine Enthusiast - October 2015 - 93/100This structured wine offers rich fruit cut with acidity and a mineral texture. It is both fruity and strongly mineral. At the back, hints of wood show through to give richness and a toasty character. This balanced wine should be drunk from 2018. (USA)

Displaying
a panorama of apricot and grapefruit aromas, and there's a nice understated
freshness too. Big in the mouth - much more mineral in character than the nose
- with a real impact of mid-palate flavor. Drink 2017-2035

Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru "Sous Le Puits" 2013 - Burghound.com - June 2015 - 91/100There is fine freshness and verve to the solidly concentrated and intense middle weight flavors that exude a fine bead of minerality onto the lingering and balanced finish that also displays a hint of bitter lemon. This is quite generous, indeed even lush and while it should be capable of rewarding 6 to 8 years of cellaring it should also be approachable young. By Allen Meadows (USA)

A beautiful width of aroma - fresh apricot and agrume.
Fills the mouth with mineral flavour, energy with a great punch of mid-palate
flavour. Very impressive, a wine that got better and better, the longer it was
open. (UK - December 2015)

Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru "Sous le Puits" 2010 - Wine Spectator Online - February 2013 - 92/100
Intense aromas and flavors of apricot and citrus pick up honey and mineral accents as this unfolds across the palate. Creamy and intense, with a long, mineral aftertaste. Best from 2014 through 2023. By Bruce Sanderson, USA.

Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru "Sous le Puits" 2006 - Wine Enthusiast - October 2008 - 93/100A tight, highly-strung wine with the acidity currently dominating the rich fruits. It is structured and ripe, the fruit waiting to burst out. With its layers of toast, this is going to be an impressive wine. (USA)

Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru "Sous le Puits" 2004 - Burghound.com - July 2006 - 91/100Here the wonderfully elegant and airy aromas are discreet to the point of being coolly reserved yet there is complexity and finesse to burn that is followed by fresh, intense and precise mineral-driven flavors that are not especially concentrated yet there is excellent cut and a driving, vibrant and long finish plus a sublte note of austerity. This is a really lovely wine of transparency and grace. By Allen Meadows (USA).

Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru "Sous le Puits" 2004 - Wine Enthusiast - December 2006 - 90/100High up on the slope, the Sous le Puits vineyard has produced a ripe, open, buttery wine that is full of generous, opulent fruit. It is packed with the pineapple, tropical fruit and lime flavors, along with a hint of caramel and almonds. Ready to drink now. (USA)

2003 Puligny-Montrachet “Sous le Puits” - Burghound.com - October 2005 - 89 points :This too is impressively elegant with an airy quality to the nose and the overall aromatic impression is much less 2003 in style than most of the wines in the Latour range. The flavors display ample minerality and plenty of punch though not quite the complexity that one might hope for. Still, I quite like the quality and style as there is good balance and an attractive vibrancy. 89/2007+

2002 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru "Sous le Puits" - Burghound.com - July 2004 - 89 points :A very dicreet touch of wood spice adds interest to the highly perfumed, very aromatic nose, a trace of which continues on to the bright, rich, full and sweet medium full flavors that display an intense minerality, racy acidity and fine persistence. This is an elegant wine that probably has enough mid-palate density to eat its wood. 89/2007+

Already bottled, the 2017
Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Sous le Puits is showing well, unfurling in the
glass with aromas of sweet citrus fruit, beeswax and crisp green apples. On the
palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, ample and fleshy, with nice depth
and concentration and a clean, pure finish.

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